In the ever evolving and changing world that we see today, problems are everywhere and in every business. Leadership is the only solution to every problem and challenge that we face today, be it a business enterprise or a country administration. As leaders, it is our prime responsibility to grow ourselves as successful leaders to be able to handle and resolve complex business problems of today. The journey doesn’t end here. As a next step in your leadership journey, you must own responsibility for developing your people. Invest your time and money on the right set of people to grow them as leaders. Nothing is more sacred than multiplying your effort by creating and developing more leaders around you so that they also start contributing to the making this world a comparatively happy place to live. This way you attain the pinnacle of leadership and become the winning leader who can create long lasting wins for the people, for the organization and for the rest of the world. I wish that this article helps you all to reach to that pinnacle of leadership and come out as winning leader. But don’t forget one important thing while you travel in this journey- always meditate on to GOD`s name daily basis and always see HIM closer to you in whatever you do. Thank You.

 To be successful, every business organization requires to undergo cultural change so that its people could adjust to those changes. This requires their people to think quicker, work intelligently, imagine broader and acquire new skills to be able to survive.  In these circumstances, Leaders` role becomes very important as they can overcome these challenges and sail their people and the organizations through the troubled waters to the success.

Today , We shall therefore require more leaders who can establish a purposeful vision for their teams and a sense of ethical values for their people and the organizations they lead. We shall require leaders who can communicate and motivate far more effectively. And we shall require leaders who could sail through the changing times through their creativity and positive attitude. We shall require leaders who with their passion and innovative outlook create wins after wins for the business enterprises or the government administrations they work. And we shall require more of the winning leaders who could make this world a better place to live.

So before we actually know what are those skills, we need to understand the difference between a skill and knowledge. You can get knowledge through a class room course or reading a book but you need to practice the knowledge to acquire the skill. The only way to become a successful leader is acquire your leadership skills through deliberate and sustained practice. It`s an ongoing process whereby you acquire those skills through perception, practice and experience over a period of time. Please remember, It`s an ongoing and continuous process.

So I can conclude that leadership is an art rather than a science. It is a set of innate traits, refined and perfected over time with a combination of education, training and experience. History is full of people who while having no previous leadership experience, have stepped to the fore in crisis situations and persuaded others to follow their suggested course of action. They possessed traits and qualities that helped them to step into roles of leadership. Steve Jobs who rose from being an ordinary leader to become a strong winning leader is a classic example of someone who was probably not born to be a leader.

Leaders would need to identify and implement cultural changes that organizations and their people have to undergo due to changes in the external environment. Delay in doing so may trigger their organizations to fail. Covid-19 is one such situation where you can see many organizations around the world tumble down because their leaders couldn’t understand the change and take timely actions.

2. Unable to build people relationship:

They were unable to develop long lasting relationship with their teams as they failed to invest in their personal and professional growth. It’s very important to take care of their needs and try to fulfil those both personally and professionally. Trust and Honesty go long way in building strong relationships with your people which really help you to succeed as leader. 

3. Lack of Emotional Intelligence

They lacked emotional intelligence and hence were not able to communicate effectively with their teams. As leaders, you need to understand the perspective of each one in your teams. There 5 elements of emotional intelligence viz. self-awareness, self-regulation, self – motivation, empathy and self- management. Each one helps the leaders to get closer to their teams.

 4. Lack of Passion to Win: 

They are not passionate to win and allow hardships to overcome them. Covid-19 have failed many as leaders and those have dared to think out of the box and have adapted to new normal are able to succeed as leaders.

5. Failure to Learn and Grow Every Day:

They fail to learn and grow every day. If you `re trying to lead today based on what you learned in the past , you can never get the success you`re looking for. To get to the success ladder, you need to upskill yourself. Unlearn to learn new skills is the success mantra.

Now when you have understood key reasons as to why people fail as leaders, I would want to take you through top 10 leadership skills to become successful leader.

These skills are from my 3 decades of leadership experience and are also authenticated by successful business leaders and CEOs across the world and across the various industries.

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